hi. &nbspi'm a junior at the massachusetts institute of technology studying
computer science and electrical engineering. &nbspi spent the past 15
years of my education trying to run away from the visual arts, but i've
finally given up. &nbspthis is mostly due to the good people of acg,
who have shown me that art can get along with science quite nicely.

currently, i'm researching non-photorealistic image rendering under the
guidance of acg's director, john maeda. &nbspspecifically, i'm using python
and secret labs ab's python
image library to render dynamic and illustrative 2-d images.*&nbsp
for this project, i've coded a drawing module in python, which is availabe
for download here. &nbspin the near future,
i'll be implementing the module to build a virtual cafe.&nbsp this is
all part of maeda's grand plan to take over the virtual universe.&nbsp
but i'll be taking my part one step at a time. the first few of those
steps are documented below.

update: piquant chat (1.25.03)

work on my new baby, piquant
chat - a virtual cafe, has begun!! here's my current vision
for the cafe: a web-based chat environment where conversation molds enticing
images that are shown to in turn mold the conversation. i hope to
integrate the drawing module, psdraw, into this project as a means to
automate the rendering of the cafe images. track the progress of
this project by visiting the link above.

since getting pictures thrown at you is fun, but not entirely fulfilling,
the cafe shares the satisfaction of creation with users by letting them
post pictures they created themselves. to support this feature,
piquant chat will interface with the tree
house studio drawing application, which helps users draw to their
heart's delight, and the gallerea
image database, which helps users store and display their masterpieces.
the tree house studio and gallerea are in the hands of max
and allen, respectively.
to learn more about these rad guys and their projects, go the links
above. yeah, team!!

trees
script
a script that renders a landscape image using modules provided by the python
image library.

psdraw
a module i wrote that extends python's image rendering capabilities. &nbspthe
module and accompanying scripts are available for download.

soultion
my personal webpage.&nbsp like this page, it still has much growing to
do.&nbsp feel free to follow the progress by visiting.